During they 1970s there was a movement by some feminists to force the Boy Scouts to allow girls in .... but there doesn't seem to be any boys trying to get into the GIrl Scouts ....
But, the Boy Scouts moved with the times and opened the Sea Scouts to girls back then .... but this just wasn't enough ....
Meanwhile - the Girls Scouts began to change the things they would do as well.
When I was in the Brownies & GS, we learned to do camping, and wood crafts, we learned to sew, and cook, we learned what we needed to in order to live in todays world.
By the time my girls joined GSA - it had changed so much.
No more camping skills, no more woodland skills, no more baking ... but there was plenty of money-making items they could learn - not just selling cookies - alhough that became the biggest part of the year .... but also fundraising for the troop and district during the year as well.
When they took out the camping element - I hink they took away a lot of the draw of being a Girl Scout .... it became more about "business" than anything else ....
Badges were gone -- it used to be that you could work towards a particular badghe, be it for computing, sewing, or cooking .... but when you finished the set of skills you were supposed to learn, the girls would earn a badge or a pin.
When my girls got there it was more about earning a block (a hexagon) of skills before you recieved a badge.
So many troops began to give out "Patches" for different events which they would host .... hayrides, pool parties, space camp, etc. and the girls loved to get these - most of the time, just being there was enough to get the patch .... but since they weren't "official" scout badges, they had to be put on the back of the vest/sash.
EVerything changed so much - I can see why many girls would rather go to the more structured Boy Scouts ....
Well - now the Boy Scouts have simply become "Scouting America" .... kind of scary actually - but you have to know the history of WW2, and what Hitler did with his scouts.
What is so wrong with BOys being boys and GIrls being girls?????
Let's get back to teaching the kids what they will need to survive when all the electricity & gas gets too expensive to use .... Let's teach them how to mend their own clothes, etc.
Everything my moher knew during the Great Depression, so if it hits again, we won't be at the worlds mercy.
Personally - I would love for them to teach the kids all the Prepping skills they might need .... including gutting a rabbit or squirrel and how to cook it up.
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